words + photos: Brittany Long After its successful 2018 debut, Melbourne once again turned on the sunshine for Good Things Festival 2019, but thankfully didn’t bring the scorching heat! Returning to Flemington Racecourse thousands of music fans were scattered across the lawns of Flemington eagerly waiting for the gates to open. A beautiful top of … Continue reading Good Things deliver great things
Photos: Brittany Long Featuring Parkway Drive, Violent Soho, Trivium, Sister's Doll, Reel Big Fish, The Veronicas, Ice Nine Kills, Gravemind, Dance Gavin Dance, Voyager, Enter Shikari, Falling In Reverse, Simple Plan, Yours Truly, Karnivool, A Day To Remember, Simple Creatures and Poppy.
Look, it's fair to say we don't know the whole story here but Elton John for PM, please and thank you. The English legend halted his second Australian farewell concert in Perth last night - one of the final of around 300 in the Farewell Yellow Brick Road worldwide tour - to give security an … Continue reading Elton John lets rip at security in Perth
It's no secret Jason Momoa is a bit of a fave around Girl HQ, but now the world is catching on it's hard to keep up. Momoa was announced GQ Australia's 2019 Man Of The Year at the awards ceremony in Sydney last week. He accepted the award via video (watch below) as he was in America … Continue reading Jason Momoa is GQ Man of the Year, Unofficial Dad of the Year
In another case of 'this is why we can't have nice things,' fans have rioted and stormed the stage in Mexico after Knotfest was cancelled overnight, destroying expensive equipment and setting fire to Evanescence drummer Will Hunt's kit. Organisers made the call to cancel the event following safety concerns after a crowd barricade at the … Continue reading Knotfest Mexico Cancelled, Fans Riot
words: Brittany Long Recently I sat down to put Australian record producer and musician Mike Perry ,aka Paces through his paces with a Q and A. Covering everything from his newest release, hit track Vertigo with Yorke, to his dream collaborations, where his music journey all started and where he finds the inspiration for his … Continue reading PUTTING PACES THROUGH HIS PACES
Sure there's an incredible Download lineup filled with some of the greatest international acts and we introduced them before. But we can't forget our hometown Aussie heroes. So let's introduce the hometown heroes of the Download Class of 2020! Hands Like Houses In the front row of the classroom. Having spent more than a decade … Continue reading The Hometown Heroes of Download Festival’s Class of 2020
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As I sit in a hotel room less than three kilometres from The Star in Sydney where, later today, the biggest night on Australia's music industry calendar will be held for the 33rd year (which, I suspect, will be dominated by Tones & I, which is why she's the featured pic for this story) I … Continue reading The ARIAs – A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane
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